Vilna Offensive

The Vilna Offensive occurred from 19 to 21 April 1919 when the Polish Army launched an offensive to take the city of Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania) from the Russian Bolsheviks. 11,000 Polish troops took part in an offensive to capture several border regions in the Baltics and Eastern Europe from the communists, and the Poles took Lida, Pinsk, Nowogrudek (Navahrudak), and Baranowicze (Baranovichi) during the offensive. The offensive was a great success for Poland, which succeeded in taking over several lands to the east.